diff --git a/vala/.md5sum b/vala/.md5sum
index 37c448366..b7c5e0389 100644
--- a/vala/.md5sum
+++ b/vala/.md5sum
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2c92ba5ebdc1d56299535f562991a2a8  vala-0.9.5.tar.bz2
+3062fe00c0f5b8f40cd2a94ff9bbe2da  vala-0.9.7.tar.bz2
diff --git a/vala/Pkgfile b/vala/Pkgfile
index e4594684e..911fd0d4b 100644
--- a/vala/Pkgfile
+++ b/vala/Pkgfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # Depends on:  
 
 name=vala
-version=0.9.5
+version=0.9.7
 release=1
 source=(http://download.gnome.org/sources/vala/0.9/vala-$version.tar.bz2)